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| Author: | goddess [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
Does this run the KGS client? I can tether it to my iPhone wifi hot spot. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung+-+G ... &cp=1&lp=1 I would only really be buying it to use with KGS. I realize that is crazy, but what the heck. Terri |
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| Author: | wms [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
Yes that would run KGS and the price isn't bad. Software is an older generation though. |
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| Author: | Tofu [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
You might be better off buying a 7 inch android tablet for around the same price. I dislike KGS on my phone, but love it on my tablet. I would suggest the nook tablet 16gb (rooted, it is very easy if you are technically savvy) or the samsung 8 gb galaxy tablet. They both run about $250 and will give you a much better KGS experience than the smaller phone sized device. Well worth spending the extra 50 dollars imo. Plus you get a very nice e-reader type device too. I devour books on my 7 inch tablet. Not bad for web surfing too. |
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| Author: | judicata [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
Any thoughts on the Lenovo Ideapad A1? I'm not terribly familiar with Android devices, but Lenovo has made some quality products lately, and it's only $190 on Amazon. It's also a 7" tablet and gets solid reviews. But it only has a single-core processor, so I guess it's limited to Android 2.3? Not sure how this would affect KGS. Just a thought. I use my iPad way too much, and cannot justify having another tablet or replacing it. |
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| Author: | oren [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
The Lenovo would work as well. I'm waiting to see how the new Nexus Tablet looks before getting something new. |
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| Author: | Tofu [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
I think a kindle fire or 8gb nook tablet with a custom android ice-cream sandwich mod installed would be better in that price range. I think you're going to get much better performance off a dual-core processor, but for just running KGS that may not matter. |
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| Author: | Mike Novack [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
Maybe belonging more in the "computer" section of the forum but since the question arose here ....... Don't simply count cores. For just running a web client, little processig power is needed. But if a matter of playing on the device (running a program against which you can play) then crunch power is the key. But CPU chips aren't equal and simply counting cores not a meaningful way to decide how much crunch power. You need to look up your CPU on a site that provides comparative bench marks. For example, the older desktop from which I am typing this has a dual core CPU but it has only about 1/3 the power of a more recent dual core CPU. The same thing is true with quad cores. |
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| Author: | judicata [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
Mike Novack wrote: Maybe belonging more in the "computer" section of the forum but since the question arose here ....... Don't simply count cores. For just running a web client, little processig power is needed. But if a matter of playing on the device (running a program against which you can play) then crunch power is the key. But CPU chips aren't equal and simply counting cores not a meaningful way to decide how much crunch power. You need to look up your CPU on a site that provides comparative bench marks. For example, the older desktop from which I am typing this has a dual core CPU but it has only about 1/3 the power of a more recent dual core CPU. The same thing is true with quad cores. No argument there. I don't think you were responding to my post, but just to be clear, I mentioned the single-core nature of the processor because I have some vague notion that it directly affects its ability to run certain versions of the OS or software. I don't know much about Android, and I don't recall where I got this impression (maybe in a review of the Ideapad), so I could be way off. But yeah, number of cores is not a proxy for determining processing power. |
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| Author: | Tofu [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
In this case I think we can safely assume the 1ghz dual core is superior to the 1ghz single core. |
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| Author: | goddess [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
Tofu wrote: You might be better off buying a 7 inch android tablet for around the same price. I dislike KGS on my phone, but love it on my tablet. I would suggest the nook tablet 16gb (rooted, it is very easy if you are technically savvy) or the samsung 8 gb galaxy tablet. They both run about $250 and will give you a much better KGS experience than the smaller phone sized device. Well worth spending the extra 50 dollars imo. Plus you get a very nice e-reader type device too. I devour books on my 7 inch tablet. Not bad for web surfing too. Thanks for this advice. I will look into these. "Rooted" sounds like it might be beyond my technical expertise. Are we talking about jail breaking? So the Galaxy Tablet might be a better fit for me. Does that run current android software or is it an earlier generation too? Terri |
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| Author: | goddess [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
Thanks for all of the advice. I will probably wait until returning from the U.S. Go Congress before making a purchase. Anyone with an Android tablet running KGS attending the Congress I would love to see how it works on your machine. I am Terri Schurter and I can be found in at the 8 kyu tables during the U.S. Open. I would be happy to meet up with people at the Congress from the forums here. Terri |
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| Author: | Tofu [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
Galaxy runs the current software |
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| Author: | goddess [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
Tofu wrote: Galaxy runs the current software Thanks. It is probably the one I will go with when the time comes. |
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| Author: | wms [ Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
goddess wrote: Anyone with an Android tablet running KGS attending the Congress I would love to see how it works on your machine. I will be at the Congress on Saturday and Sunday (leave Monday morning). I'll bring my tablet with me, so if you see me, just ask and I can show it to you.
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| Author: | goddess [ Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
wms wrote: goddess wrote: Anyone with an Android tablet running KGS attending the Congress I would love to see how it works on your machine. I will be at the Congress on Saturday and Sunday (leave Monday morning). I'll bring my tablet with me, so if you see me, just ask and I can show it to you.Thanks. I will look for you. I should bring the KGS hat you gave me, but it doesn't leave the house for fear of losing it. Terri |
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| Author: | oren [ Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could This Be My Solution To Mobile KGS? |
More news for Nexus Tablet which should be out soon. http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/25/goog ... ngadget%29 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/06/this- ... e-nexus-7/ |
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